Genre: news photographs / Subject: Storms--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: View of automobiles driving through the flooded intersection at West First Street and Juanita Avenue. A billboard in the background reads "Ben-Hur Coffee."
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: View of a tow truck connected to an automobile with a rope at the flooded intersection at West First Street and Juanita Avenue. A man next to the car has the hood up and is looking at the engine. Signs on the truck read "Transfer" and "Express."
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of a storm-flooded residential neighborhood with 3 houses visible and more houses indicated behind them. Four men are in front of the houses standing on patches of ground elevated a bit above the flood line. Two men wear high boots, 2 wear shorts. One man is holding a long wooden plank, perhaps to be used as a walkway.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of the deserted intersection of West 47th Street and South Figueroa Street flooded by a rainstorm. An automobile is parked on the right and a 2-story house is on the left.
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of the deserted intersection of West 47th Street and South Figueroa Street flooded by a rainstorm. Automobiles, blurred in movement, have their headlights on.
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of storm-flooded Beverly Boulevard from the intersection with Lake Street facing NW. Several automobiles are traveling through the floodwater on the street. Signs on commercial buildings read "Caltex Sportswear Retail," "Snowdrift for Cake, Biscuit, pastry..., We lock in all it's [sic] goodness [and] give you the key," "Chevrolet, Now on display, 2 New Chevrolets, Choose Chevrolet for quality at low cost," "Associated Class Co.," and "Catherine The Valiant,"
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of storm-flooded intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Lake Street. Several automobiles and a bus are traveling through the floodwater on the street. Commercial signs read "Pacific Duco Auto Finishing," "Broadway Hill and Seventh presents...Frances Denney's Herbal Throat and Neck Blend, Corrects 'Crepey' Throat," "Grace Tabernacle...," "Pasadena laundry, 20% off on Laundry Left Here," "Van de Kamps Bakers," and on the bus "E..s Railway 2011."
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of Slauson and Second Ave. flooded during or after a heavy rainstorm. A man is carrying a woman across the street, and two men man and women stand at the corner behind them. Three automobiles are in the street. A single story brick commercial building is behind them. Commercial signs read "Bakery & Groceries," 20 Mule Team Borax for Washing Machines and Dish Washing," "Eggs," "Soda," and "We Make Your Car New, ...Auto Repairing." A street sign reads "2nd Ave."
Date:: February 15, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Large splinters and beams of wood stick out of the muddy edifice and narrow river underneath the ruins. Three people can be seen looking at the scene from the top of the road.
Date:: February 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of flooding on Wilshire Boulevard between S. Mariposa Avenue and Normandie Ave. during a torrential rainstorm. The Wilshire Christian Church is visible on the right.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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